French Dog Poisoned, Buried Alive And Survives!

PARIS -- A Jack Russell terrier has survived after being
poisoned and buried alive – and he can thank the man who saw the ground
wiggle.

Ethan came back to life on his third birthday after someone tried to
kill him. He had a whole chain of saviors: the man who dug him up, the
firefighters who rushed him off and a veterinarian who nursed him back
to life.

Sabrina Zamora, president of an animal association in
Charleville-Mezieres, 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of Paris,
said Friday the little white dog with a black ear was "flat as a
pancake" when he was dug up from his grave Tuesday near a lakeside
pedestrian path.

"It's extraordinary. We only see this in TV movies," said
veterinarian Philippe Michon. "He came back to life and without a
scratch. It's rather miraculous."

The vet said when firemen brought the dirt-covered terrier to his office "he was completely cold, he was barely breathing."

Michon used hot water bottles to warm up Ethan's seemingly lifeless
body. The dog was so cold his veins had collapsed and it was hard to
find one to hydrate him but within 24 hours the dog was back on his
feet.

According to the veterinarian and Zamora, a man walking by just
happened to see the ground moving – an apparent result of convulsions
from the dog's poisoning. The man then got a shovel and dug the dog up.

Ethan was identified through a microchip that showed all this happened on his third birthday.

His owner says he had given the dog away but police are investigating, Zamora said.
"(Ethan)
had an unbelievable chain of luck," Michon said. "If the ground hadn't
trembled, no one would have taken a shovel to it."

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